The Daily Treat: Mama Panda Brings Her Little One Back to Bed

The giant panda thought she’d managed to get her cub, Yuan Zai, to bed – only to have her little one scramble away. And for a few precious minutes, Yuan Zai had her run of the enclosure at Taiwan’s Taipei Zoo. (Start the above video at the 2:45 mark if you want to get straight to the action.)

But when Yuan Yuan realized where the 7-month-old cub had gotten to, she quickly came out and scooped her up by the fur. Try as Yuan Zai might, there was no convincing her mother to let her stay up late. In fact, Yuan Yuan kept a firm grasp on her baby girl until she fell back to sleep.